How common is the surname Blank?

13,050 people in the United States had the surname Blank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,659 Americans. It ranked 2,765th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blank?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blank?

Rebecca Blank, American economist (1955–2023), followed by Les Blank.

Where is the surname Blank most common?

Wikidata records people named Blank in the United States.

Is the surname Blank getting more or less common?

More common. 12,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,050 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Blank

A surname, carried by 13,050 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blank is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch and German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, pale, white”). * As an English and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Blanc, Blanck.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,050 people named Blank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,659 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,706.

#2,765

rank among US surnames

13,050

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,613)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,756	Santillan	13,081	23,603
#2,758	Westfall	13,079	23,606
#2,759	Willey	13,067	23,628
#2,760	Lassiter	13,066	23,630
#2,761	Willett	13,065	23,631
#2,762	Graff	13,058	23,644
#2,763	Bachman	13,057	23,646

Who is named Blank

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Blank identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blanks

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rebecca Blank
American economist (1955–2023)
Les Blank
American documentary filmmaker, 1935–2013
Steve Blank
American businessman, born 1953
Arthur Blank
American businessman and sports team owner, born 1942
Amanda Blank
American rapper, born 1982
Mel Blanc
American voice actor (1908–1989)
Kelly Kelly
American professional wrestler, model, dancer and television personality, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blank

Blank has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

Where does the surname Blank come from?: * As a Dutch and German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, pale, white”). * As an English and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Blanc, Blanck.
How common is the surname Blank?: 13,050 people in the United States had the surname Blank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,659 Americans. It ranked 2,765th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blank?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blank?: Rebecca Blank, American economist (1955–2023), followed by Les Blank.
Where is the surname Blank most common?: Wikidata records people named Blank in the United States.
Is the surname Blank getting more or less common?: More common. 12,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,050 in 2010, up 2.7%.